Events

Academic Affairs sponsors a wide array of events, lectures, and symposia featuring Middlebury faculty.

Middlebury faculty are eager to share their research and creative works to further knowledge and foster conversation. Faculty, students, and staff are encouraged to attend signature events such as the Clifford Symposium, the Fall Faculty Forum, and the Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture series, as well as additional academic events included in the calendar listings below. For faculty publication information, see individual faculty profiles.

See our faculty meeting calendar.

Upcoming Events

  • Volunteer Empire: Participatory Propaganda in Putin’s Russia

    How has geography become the central infrastructure of political authority in Putin’s Russia? Dr. Sofia Gavrilova (Fung Global Fellow, Princeton and Senior Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography), argues that that propaganda in Russia operates less through persuasion than through participation — by enrolling ordinary people in the everyday work of imperial reproduction. At the heart of the project is the concept of the “Volunteer Empire”: an empire reproduced through organized presence, care, and curated experience.

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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    Rohatyn Global Scholars Info Session

    Are you interested in learning more about the Rohatyn Global Scholars Program? Join us for one of our Information Sessions to find out more. 

    Choose one of the following Info Sessions:
         Wednesday, September 16th from 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm (snacks provided)
         Tuesday, September 22nd from 12:30 pm -  1:15 pm (with pizza)
         Tuesday, September 22nd from 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm (snacks provided)

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

    Closed to the Public

  • RGS Info Sessions logo

    Rohatyn Global Scholars Information Session

    Are you interested in learning more about the Rohatyn Global Scholars Program? Join us for one of our Information Sessions to find out more. 

    Choose one of the following Info Sessions:
         Wednesday, September 16th from 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm (snacks provided)
         Tuesday, September 22nd from 12:30 pm -  1:15 pm (with pizza)
         Tuesday, September 22nd from 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm (snacks provided)

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Feminist Resource Center Open House

    Come see what the Feminist Resource Center has to offer! We will have snacks and information about our upcoming programming. Meet other feminists and find a new place to hang out, study, and organize. 

    Chellis Living Room/Seminar Room

  • Black Studies Welcome Back Party

    Black Studies would like to invite students to swing by Coltrane Lounge to reconnect and meet faculty and students to begin the new academic year.

    Adirondack Coltrane Lounge

  • Jen Hong

    Movement Matters Masterclass in The Axis Syllabus© with Jen Hong

    Mahaney Arts Center, Dance Theatre

    Through subtle sensing, ie interoception, along with an understanding of the grounding parameters of biomechanics, physiology, and physics as defined in The Axis Syllabus©, we can investigate, feel into, and come to know where we are in space and time. 

    Mahaney Arts Center

    Open to the Public

  • Conversations on Recovery and Addiction: dinner and panel discussion

    Go/RecoveryConversation/ to join members of the Health and Wellness Education Office and NSCI Professor Zu Zhai to share a meal with local community members from Peer Recovery Center of Addison County. Together we will hear from folks with lived experience to more holistically understand the meaning of peer recovery and the bio-psycho-social impacts of addiction. At this event you will: 

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

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    Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium

    “Toxic Chemicals Deregulation is Bad for Your Health: Let’s Talk About the Toxics in Your Water and Food” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Clinical Professor Emerita of Environmental Health Boston University School of Public Health.

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

    Open to the Public

  • Study Abroad Fair

    Are you considering studying abroad/off campus? Stop by the Study Abroad Fair any time between 2:00 and 5:00pm to learn about programs/universities and talk to representatives from all around the world. Learn about options to study away for a semester, year, or summer. More study abroad information: https://www.middlebury.edu/study-abroad.

    Axinn Center

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    PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP with John Cariani

    HOW TO WRITE A PLAY WHEN YOU’RE STUCK/FEEL LIKE YOU CAN’T/DON’T WANT TO (EVEN THOUGH YOU WANT TO)/HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO GET STARTED

    Mahaney Arts Center 232

    Open to the Public

Event Planning Resources

  • Before planning an event, visit the Office of Event Management for information on all elements of event planning, including catering and crowd control.
  • Media Services can help with your event’s media and technology needs.
  • If you are inviting a foreign national to participate in your event, please contact the Tax Office well in advance.